Ramagupta

Ramagupta (died 380) was briefly the Gupta emperor in 380, succeeding Samudragupta and preceding Chandragupta II.

Biography
Ramagupta was the son of Samudragupta, and he was weak, impotent, and afraid and incapable of warfare. When his father died in 380, he usurped the throne before his brother Chandragupta II could succeed to the throne, and he took Chandragupta's wife Dhruvasvamini as his own wife by force. Ramagupta failed in his campaign against the Scythians in Gujarat, and Scythian king Rudrasimha III demanded that Ramagupta hand over Dhruvasvamini to him in exchange for allowing his army to retreat. When Ramagupta agreed, an angered Chandragupta headed to the Scythian camp, killed Rudrasimha, and won the esteem of the people and Dhruvasvamini.